Foredge: PDF Reader & OCR

Foredge is a PDF reader and PDF viewer for Android that works completely offline. Open a PDF, read it, search it, mark it up and sign it — with no ads, no account and no subscription. 📖 PDF READER Open large PDF files fast, even on older phones Remembers your page, zoom and reading mode for every document Continuous scroll or page-by-page viewing Dark mode, sepia and night reading Read aloud with on-device text-to-speech Search text inside any PDF document 🔍 SEARCH YOUR SCANNED PDFS Most PDF readers cannot find a word inside a scanned document, because a scan is just an image. Foredge runs OCR text recognition on your device and turns those pages into searchable, selectable text. Works on scanned PDFs already saved on your phone — nothing to rescan Handles photographed pages, receipts, contracts and handouts Copy text out of a scan Runs entirely on your device with no upload and no account ✍️ ANNOTATE AND MARK UP PDF Highlight text in five colours Draw and write freehand with a pen tool Underline, strike through and add text notes Every mark is written into the PDF itself, so it opens correctly in any other reader Review all your highlights and notes in one place 🖊️ FILL AND SIGN A PDF Draw your signature once and reuse it anywhere Place, resize and position it on any page Fill in PDF forms and flatten only when you choose 🧰 PDF TOOLS Combine PDF — merge files in the order you choose Split PDF — extract a page range or split into separate files Compress PDF — preview the file size before you save Organize pages — reorder, rotate and delete Rotate PDF — fix sideways pages Photos to PDF — turn images and scans into one document Translate a PDF — download a language pack once, then translate on device 🔒 PRIVACY BY DESIGN Foredge has no analytics and no advertising SDKs. Reading, search, annotation and text recognition all run on your phone. The two features that can use the internet — translation language packs and cloud summaries — are switched off by default, clearly labelled, and ask before anything is sent. You do not have to take our word for it: check the Data safety section on this page and the app's permission list. 📁 FILE ACCESS Foredge asks for access to your documents so it can list and open the PDFs already on your device. That access is used only to show and open your files. Nothing is uploaded in the background. WHAT MAKES FOREDGE DIFFERENT No surprise subscription renewals. No full-screen ads between pages. No account needed to open a file. Your documents stay where you put them. Built for students reading lecture notes and textbooks, office workers reviewing contracts and reports, and anyone who keeps scanned paperwork on their phone and needs to find something in it.